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Census Tract 3, Tensas, LA

1,469 Population
83 square miles 17.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in St. Joseph: 50.7 † ±10.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tensas Parish: 47.5 ±1.8

Economics

$17,388 ±$5,355 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in St. Joseph: $25,497 † ±$11,542
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tensas Parish: $20,390 † ±$2,628
$26,103 ±$8,519 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in St. Joseph: $38,393 † ±$12,499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tensas Parish: $36,615 † ±$4,366

54.1% ±14.7% (649  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in St. Joseph: 39.2% † 231 (±19.2% / ±129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tensas Parish: 34.4% † 1,262 (±4.9% / ±178)

21.9 minutes ±4.8 (6,450  ±2,167) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Joseph: 18.1 † 3,560 (±7.5 / ±1,981)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tensas Parish: 32.5 † 30,760 (±4.6 / ±6,437)

Families

481 ±60 Number of households
  • St. Joseph: 260 † ±55
  • Tensas Parish: 1,578 ±115
2.5 ±0.3 (1,208  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Joseph: 2.3 † 599 (±0.4 / ±159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tensas Parish: 2.3 3,674 (±0.2 / ±15)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

860 ±79 Number of housing units
  • St. Joseph: 416 † ±74
  • Tensas Parish: 2,792 ±20

$53,000 ±$9,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Joseph: $59,100 † ±$11,316
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tensas Parish: $86,300 ±$7,290

13.3% ±9.2% (195  ±136.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph: 11.1% † 67 (±11.6% / ±72)
  • nearly double the rate in Tensas Parish: 7.4% † 289 (±3.8% / ±147.9)

Social

78.3% ±12% (779  ±152.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Joseph: 86.8% † 388 (±10% / ±108.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tensas Parish: 80.5% † 2,283 (±8.4% / ±244.8)
12.1% ±7.1% (120  ±72.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph: 10.1% † 45 (±8% / ±37.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tensas Parish: 14.6% † 413 (±3.9% / ±110.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±2% (34  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • St. Joseph: 0%
  • more than double the rate in Tensas Parish: 0.9% 36

4.2% ±2.8% (49  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in St. Joseph: 8.9% † 42 (±6.2% / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tensas Parish: 5.1% † 156 (±2% / ±61)
49 Total veterans ±33 39 Male ±32 10 Female ±14

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